The Holly McLennan-Brown Collection

Holly McLennan-Brown is a young, successful artist who has roots in the Yorta Yorta region, with her father originally from Kyabram and other members of her family living locally

My name is Holly and I am a proud Aboriginal woman.I've always had so much pride in my family, my country and my culture and I consider myself so incredibly blessed.

Creativity was always encouraged so strongly in my home by my mum growing up. I am an only child so I was lucky to spend many hours drawing, colouring and painting one on one with her. I remember dreaming so young to one day colour inside the lines so perfectly just like she did. My family celebrates and admires art so greatly. I feel lucky to be surrounded by people whose values are so aligned with mine.

I feel that my art is gentle and soft spoken. It makes people perceptive to conversations that may not have been had before. I love the curiosity it encourages, how it opens minds to more. I love that it promotes more education which turns to understanding.

Selfishly when I indulge in my paints, I feel safe. I feel still. It allows me to digest the outside world. Painting allows me to transform the feeling of happiness and love into a physical form of matter. But even more beautifully it allows my anxieties, my worries and my heartaches to run through me and come out the other-side light.